Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, August 1997
71 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 1997. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 71
- Busiest day
- August 3, 199725 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 69 min |
| Aug 2, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 4:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 16 min |
| Aug 3, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 63 min |
| Aug 4, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Polk | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 76 min |
| Aug 5, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 58 min |
| Aug 15, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 64 min |
| Aug 15, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 61 min |
| Aug 15, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Pine | 62 min |
| Aug 15, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 66 min |
| Aug 15, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 63 min |
| Aug 15, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 52 min |
| Aug 23, 6:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 51 min |
| Aug 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 46 min |
| Aug 23, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 47 min |
| Aug 23, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 35 min |
| Aug 30, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville, Sibley | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 46 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Polk County6
- Todd County4
- Fillmore County4
- Grant County3
- Pope County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Sherburne County3
- Saint Louis County3
- Houston County3
- Aitkin County3
- Le Sueur County3
- Douglas County2
- Isanti County2
- Stearns County2
- Anoka County2
- Hennepin County2
- Pine County2
- Wilkin County2
- Wright County2
- Rice County2
- Dakota County2
- McLeod County2
- Renville County2
- Carver County2
- Scott County2
- Stevens County1
- Swift County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Benton County1
- Clay County1
- Cass County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Becker County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Winona County1
- Clearwater County1
- Koochiching County1
- Carlton County1
- Hubbard County1
- Wadena County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.